Description: Japanese knotweed is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing in dense patches between 3 and 15 feet in height. Japanese knotweed forms stout, zig-zag stalks…
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Description: Flowering rush is a perennial aquatic plant with emergent upright foliage. Extensive submerged root systems forms unique bulblet rhizomes. Flowers have 3 white to…
Description: Aquatic wetland perennial which grows up to 10 feet tall. Leaves originate at the base of the stem and spread outward. Rhizomes forma a…
Description: Garlic mustard is a biennial herb characterized by the garlic-like odor of its crushed leaves. Garlic mustard is biennial, meaning during its first year,…
Description: Phragmites is a perennial reed grass growing 5-10 feet at maturity. Phragmites grows in dense stands with a network of below-ground rhizomes. Stiff hollow…
Description: Reed Canary Grass is a large coarse grass growing between 2 and 7 feet in height. It has hairless stems and rough tapered leaves.…
Description: Purple loosestrife is a herbaceous perennial with opposite or whorled, lance-shaped, stalkless, leaves. Flowers are magenta and form long spikes. Stems are distinctly square…
Description: Lesser Celandine is an herbaceous perennial which grows low to the ground with hairless, dark, fleshy, heart-shaped leaves. Rosettes of dark kidney/heart shaped leaves…
Description: Herbaceous perennials are submersed except when branches grow long enough to reach the surface. Stems are thin and reach lengths of 25 feet. Tiny…
Restoration after Control
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1. Replant with Natives 2. Modify Habitat 3. Use Ecosystem Processes